An attempt is made to identify the main points that the teaching of design in a university seems to raise. Despite the existence of a large literature, this still appears to be an essential preliminary to an objective discussion. Following on from this attempted clarification, a tentative suggestion is made as to a particular form that such teaching might profitably be given.
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